The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Atlantic)

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry (Faber)

Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh (John Murray)

The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant (Virago)

The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher (Fourth Estate)

A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz (Hamish Hamilton)

Might Doug's Caligula make the list next year? www.keithmansfield.co.uk
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Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London was published by Quercus on 3 July 2008